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Title Contexts and constructions / edited by Alexander Bergs, Gabriele Diewald.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (247 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Constructional approaches to language, 1573-594X ; v. 9
Constructional approaches to language ; v. 9.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents On de-limiting context / Marina Terkourafi -- Constructions and context : when a construction constructs the context / Henri-José Deulofeu & Jeanne-Marie Debaisieux -- Representing contextual factors in language change : between frames and constructions / Mirjam Fried -- Grammatical constructions in dialogue / Per Linell -- Interactional construction grammar : contextual features of determination in dialectal Swedish / Camilla Wide -- Contextual cues for particle placement : multiplicity, motivation, modeling / Bert Cappelle -- Conditionals and mental space set-up : evidence from German word order / Ilona Vandergriff -- Semantics and pragmatics in construction grammar : the case of modal verbs / Ronny Boogaart.
Summary This collection of original articles focuses on the function, role, and structure of linguistic and extralinguistic "context(s)" in relation to the notion of "constructions" and in construction grammar. It thus takes up and brings together two equally complex concepts of linguistics, which both encompass structural as well as pragmatic and discourse-oriented aspects. Although both notions - contexts as well as constructions - have been under intense discussion in linguistics during the last decades with a wide span of research interests, integrative studies of these aspects have been largely m.
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Subject Pragmatics.
Pragmatics.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Bergs, Alexander.
Diewald, Gabriele.
Other Form: Print version: Contexts and constructions. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2009 9789027204318 (DLC) 2009033621 (OCoLC)430736635
ISBN 9789027288783 (electronic book)
902728878X (electronic book)
9789027204318 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9027204314 (hardback ; alkaline paper)